Minutes August 2005

Meeting commenced at 7.15pm

Computerbank, 483 Victoria St, West Melbourne.

Present:

Kylie Davies,  Adam Jenkin, John Simpson, Con Validas, Owen Courtis, Rob Brittain, Ed Chan, Julien Goodwin and Jan Smith

Apologies:

Norm Atkins

Business:

1. Welcome from Kylie Davies meeting Chair

2. Previous Minutes

Confirmed  with two corrections. Proposed Kylie, seconded Owen  - carried

4.4  Contract work include the necessity of candidates to have an ABN number.
Other business: specification for current machines:  Pentium III, 400 mHz or better, upgrade unit Pentium III 700       mHz or better

3. Matters arising

3.1 Progress on DGR. Nothing new to report  Jan to follow up.

3.2 Surplus shop /Ebay seller policy docs. There are some guidelines on Computerbank's Shop page, the full document is still a work in progress and will include policies around selling on Ebay.

3.3 Trivia night Update.  see 4.1 below.

3.4 Sponsorship of Wftd for Altona group progress report.  Computerbank has received no news about this proposal.

3.5 Signatory Update re Treasurer.  Con will drop copy of minutes to bank and Internet bank access will be organised for Norm Atkins.

3.6 LPI Exam Update. Clarification is being sought re the amount of  money Computerbank will receive for holding LPI exams.

3.7 Contract Work Update. Requests will go to the mailing list or will point to links on the the website.  Depending if the contractor is part of the mailing list.  Still no feedback re Salvation Army contract.

3.7a Wage increase proposal for WFD employees at computerbank.  Current wage rate $16.50 per hour.  Proposed increase to  $19 per hour for Program Manager and $18 per hour for Supervisors. 
Proposed: Owen, Seconded Julien, carried.

3.8 Kenya Update.  Nabuur are looking for transportation.  It is noted they will need British power plugs.

4 Agenda

4.1 Software Freedom Day ideas and planning. Possible open day with LUV at Computerbank on Saturday 10th September.  Kylie to discuss this with Andrew Chalmers.  BBQ was thought to be to troublesome a food handling license is needed.  Trivia night to be postponed to later in the year.

4.2 Distro Play and Test Day on Sat August 27th.  Jason King Knoppix guru to be invited.

4.3 Date for Annual General Meeting. Saturday 15th October 11am.

4.3a Auditor coming on 16th August.

4.4 Recipient Disclaimer Document Proposal by Kylie to include the licensing agreement for Real Media, Adobe Radio Macromedia Flash.  Jan to try free advice from Kimberley Heitman Perth based Internet lawyer.

5. Reports

5.1 State Coordinators report/WFD Report - Kylie Davies

5.2 Treasurers report (NA/KD) - All end year tax reporting obligations have been met, the books are currently being finalised for the auditor.

5.3 Projects - Rob Brittain
CD distro tests working. Will install over a network, PCIMA support.
Thin Client distro: 695 mB? size CD.
Server work: waiting on switches.

5.4 User Support - John Simpson
Problem discovered with recent distro floppy's cannot be formatted.  Put Mtools on  floppy.

5.5 Donations report - Rob Brittain
Server donation expected in next two weeks.  Cisco Catalyst 5509 Switch, LPR Servers.  Will allow us to cross over to server quality hardware.

5.6 Documentation and websites report - Jan Smith

5.7 Internal systems report - Juilien Goodwin
A network switch was discovered to be faulty.  It was replaced with an identical switch now working well.
Cisco Switch with 100 ports for all CBV users.  Upgrading small rack with mountable servers.  Rusty to Rusted on hold until donation arrives.

5.8 Database report - Owen Curtis
Crossing over to new version of qt.  This will make it easier to add extra fields needed for group applications.  New volunteer Wendy Langer  is looking at generating reports from the database.

5.9 Technical Coordinators report - Con Validas

6. Other Business

Preview proposal selling cut price new computers.  Rob to provide full details to list.

7. On Hold

7.1 Garage Sale Planning.

7.2 Awareness documentation, Business cards and new CVI logo.

Meeting Closed 8.15pm